landmark
pronunciation
How to pronounce landmark in British English:
UK [ˈlændmɑːk]
How to pronounce landmark in American English:
US [ˈlændmɑːrk]
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- Noun:
- the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
- an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
- a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
- an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken
Word Origin
- landmark (n.)
- Old English landmearc, from land (n.) + mearc (see mark (n.1)). Originally "object set up to mark the boundaries of a kingdom, estate, etc.;" general sense of "conspicuous object in a landscape" is from 1560s. Modern figurative sense of "event, etc., considered a high point in history" is from 1859.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Us consumers passed a key digital landmark last month .
- 2. The wall ran in front of the historic landmark .
- 3. We supported this landmark legislation .
- 4. A new landmark for patent law ?
- 5. But ultimately , does this new landmark matter ?